List of presidents of the National Council of Switzerland

The President of the National Council of Switzerland (German: Nationalratspräsident; French: Président du Conseil national, Italian: Presidente del Consiglio nazionale; Romansh: President dal cussegl naziunal) presides over the National Council and Federal Assembly. The National Council President is often colloquially referred to as the "highest Swiss person" (German: der Höchste Schweizer), as the highest ranking person subject to the people's vote.[1] However, this is an honorary title and the president is not the head of state; the head of state is the entire Federal Council. In the official order of precedence, she or he ranks behind the members of the Federal Council, but ahead of the President of the Swiss Council of States.[2]

This article is about the Lower House of the Swiss Assembly. For the Upper House, see List of presidents of the Swiss Council of States. For the Executive, see List of presidents of the Swiss Confederation.

The President of the National Council also chairs the United Federal Assembly which meets to set elections, decides conflicts of jurisdiction between federal authorities and issues pardons.[2] The officeholder is elected by the National Council for a term of one year without the possibility and may not be elected for a second consecutive term, but may be elected to the post in the future.

List of presidents of the National Council
Year Name Canton
1848Ulrich OchsenbeinBE
1848–49Jakob Robert SteigerLU
1849–50Alfred EscherZH
1850–51Johann Konrad KernTG
1851Jakob StämpfliBE
1851–52Johann TrogSO
1852–53Johann M. HungerbühlerSG
1853–54Giovanni Battista PiodaTI
1854Jakob DubsZH
1854–55Casimir PfyfferLU
1855–56Eduard Eugen BlöschBE
1856Friedrich SiegfriedAG
1856Jules MartinVD
1856–57Alfred EscherZH
1857Paul MigyBE
1857–58Augustin KellerAG
1858–59Johann Jakob StehlinBS
1859–60Friedrich Peyer im HofSH
1860Johann Baptist WederSG
1860–61Eduard DapplesVD
1861–62Karl KarrerBE
1862–63Alfred EscherZH
1863Joachim HeerGL
1863–64Victor RuffyVD
1864–65Gottlieb JägerAG
1865–66Andreas Rudolf von PlantaGR
1866Niklaus NiggelerBE
1866–67Jules PhilippinNE
1867–68Johann Jakob StehlinBS
1868–69Simon KaiserSO
1869Louis RuchonnetVD
1869–70Joachim HeerGL
1870–71Fridolin AnderwertTG
1871–72Rudolf BrunnerBE
1872Charles FriderichGE
1872–73Daniel Wirth-SandSG
1873–74Gottlieb ZieglerZH
1874Carl Feer-HerzogAG
1874–75Louis RuchonnetVD
1875Jakob StämpfliBE
1875–76Emil FreyBL
1876–77Arnold Otto AepliSG
1877–78Eduard MartiBE
1878Jules PhilippinNE
1878–79Melchior RömerZH
1879–80Arnold KünzliAG
1880–81Karl BurckhardtBS
1881Antoine VessazVD
1881/82Karl ZyroBE
1882–83Adolf DeucherTG
1883–84Simon KaiserSO
1884Georges FavonGE
1884–85Johannes StösselZH
1885–86Andrea BezzolaGR
1886–87Henri MorelNE
1887Josef ZempLU
1887–88Erwin KurzAG
1888–89Eugène RuffyVD
1889–90Heinrich HäberlinTG
1890August SuterSG
1890–91Eduard MüllerBE
1891–92Adrien LachenalGE
1892–93Albert BrosiSO
1893Ludwig ForrerZH
1893–94Robert ComtesseNE
1894–95Ernst BrennerBS
1895–96Jakob Huldreich BachmannTG
1896Joseph StockmarBE
1896Rudolf GallatiGL
1896–97Johann Josef KeelSG
1897–98Robert GrieshaberSH
1898–99Adrien ThélinVD
1899Hermann HellerLU
1899–1900Rudolf GeilingerZH
1900–01Fritz BühlmannBE
1901–02Gustave AdorGE
1902Ulrich MeisterZH
1902Clemens ItenZG
1902–03Konrad ZschokkeAG
1903–04Louis MartinNE
1904–05Josef Anton SchobingerLU
1905–06Johann HirterBE
1906–07Camille DecoppetVD
1907–08Paul SpeiserBS
1908–09Adolf GermannTG
1909–10Virgile RosselBE
1910–11Josef KuntschenVS
1911–12Karl Emil WildSG
1912–13Carl SpahnSH
1913–14Alfred von PlantaGR
1914–15Felix BonjourVD
1915–16Arthur EugsterAR
1916–17Anton BüelerSZ
1917–18Henri CalameNE
1918–19Heinrich HäberlinTG
1919–20Eduard BlumerGL
1920–21Evaristo Garbani-NeriniTI
1921–22Emil KlötiZH
1922–23Johann JennyBE
1923–24Raymond EvéquozVS
1924–25Albert MächlerSG
1925–26Emil HofmannTG
1926–27Paul MailleferVD
1927–28Rudolf MingerBE
1928–29Heinrich WaltherLU
1929–30Ernest-Paul GraberNE
1930–31Hans SträuliZH
1931–32Heinrich Roman AbtAG
1932–33Ruggero DollfusTI
1933–34Johannes HuberSG
1934–35Hermann SchüpbachBE
1935–36Rudolf ReichlingZH
1936–37Maurice TroilletVS
1937–38Fritz HauserBS
1938–39Henry VallottonVD
1939–40Hans StähliBE
1940–41Emil NietlispachAG
1941–42Charles RosseletGE
1942–43Emil KellerAG
1943–44Paul GyslerZH
1944–45Pierre AebyFR
1945–46Robert GrimmBE
1946–47Max WeyLU
1947–48Albert PicotGE
1948–49Josef EscherVS
1949–50Jacques SchmidSO
1950–51Aleardo PiniTI
1951–52Karl RenoldAG
1952–53Thomas HolensteinSG
1953–54Henri PerretNE
1954–55Hermann HäberlinZH
1955–56Paul BurgdorferBE
1956–57Joseph CondrauGR
1957–58Robert BratschiBE
1958–59Eugen DietschiBS
1959–60Gaston ClottuNE
1960–61Emil DuftZH
1961–62Walther BringolfSH
1962–63André GuinandGE
1963–64Otto HessTG
1964–65Franz Josef KurmannLU
1965–66Pierre GraberVD
1966–67Alfred SchallerBS
1967–68Hans ConzettZH
1968–69Max AebischerFR
1969–70Mathias EggenbergerSG
1970–71Alfred WeberUR
1971–72William VontobelZH
1972–73Enrico FranzoniTI
1973–74Anton MuheimLU
1974–75Simon KohlerBE
1975–76Rudolf EtterBE
1976–77Hans WyerVS
1977Elisabeth BlunschySZ
1977–78Alfred BusseyVD
1978–79Luigi GeneraliTI
1979–80Hanspeter FischerTG
1980–81Laurent ButtyFR
1981–82Hedi LangZH
1982–83Franz EngSO
1983–84André GautierGE
1984–85Arnold KollerAI
1985–86Martin BundiGR
1986–87Jean-Jacques CeveyVD
1987–88Rudolf ReichlingZH
1988–89Josef ItenNW
1989–90Victor RuffyVD
1990–91Ulrich BremiZH
1991–92Hans-Rudolf NebikerBL
1992–93Paul SchmidhalterVS
1993–94Gret HallerBE
1994–95Claude FreyNE
1995–96Jean-François LeubaVD
1996–97Judith StammLU
1997–98Ernst LeuenbergerSO
1998–99Trix HeberleinZH
1999–2000Hanspeter SeilerBE
2000–01Peter HessZG
2001–02Liliane Maury PasquierGE
2002–03Yves ChristenVD
2003–04Max BinderZH
2004–05 ²Jean-Philippe MaitreGE
2005Thérèse MeyerFR
2005–06Claude JaniakBL
2006–07Christine EgerszegiAG
2007–08André BugnonVD
2008–09Chiara Simoneschi-CortesiTI
2009–10Pascale BrudererAG
2010–11Jean-René GermanierVS
2011–12Hansjörg WalterTG
2012–13Maya GrafBL
2013–14Ruedi LustenbergerLU
2014–15Stéphane RossiniVS
2015–16Christa MarkwalderBE
2016–17Jürg StahlZH
2017–18Dominique de BumanFR
2018–19Marina Carobbio GuscettiTI
2019–20Isabelle MoretVD
2020–21Andreas AebiBE
2021–22Irène KälinAG
2022–23Martin CandinasGR

² resigned per 1 March 2005

Statistics by canton

These counts by canton do not take in account the varying number of members of the National Council per canton (in 2005: 1-34 members).

Presidencies Cantons
28Bern
23Zürich
20Vaud
14Aargau
12St. Gallen
10Geneva, Neuchâtel, Thurgau
9Lucerne
8Basel-Stadt
7Solothurn, Ticino, Valais
6Grisons
4Freiburg, Glarus, Schaffhausen
3Basel-Landschaft
2Schwyz, Zug
1Appenzell Innerrhoden, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Nidwalden, Uri
0Jura, Obwalden

See also

References
  1. "Die wirklich Wichtigen und Mächtigen der Schweiz". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). 2013-12-23.
  2. "Federal Constitution of the Swiss Confederation". Confederation of Switzerland. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
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